Opening Remarks from the Creators
· This CyberGuide started as a class project in Professor Amy Stillman’s Asian American Music Class at the University of Michigan in the Winter of 2003. We offer it as a resource for the Asian American community and hope for its continued growth with your input.
· This CyberGuide is an attempt to gather together the range of
information about Asian American music available online. It is only a beginning
survey, and is by no means all inclusive. We hope this will be a dynamic and
continuing project.
· There is no one definition of Asian American music, yet
there is a wealth of music being produced and marketed under this label. Because
the “Asian American” label reflects a political coalition, there will always be
tensions between a pan-Asian sensibility and ethnic-specific concerns. Our goal
here is to enable an exploration of this complexity.
· Music is an effective yet undervalued expression for
addressing issues of social concern. Our CyberGuide attempts to identify this
particular focus.
